p3m global is a specialist project, programme and portfolio management (P3M) consultancy focused on empowering our clients to realise successful change and deliver on their promises.

In partnership with our clients we optimise their investment by applying the right blend of solutions, drawing from the most comprehensive, integrated and coherent range of P3M services in the World. In this way, working with genuine integrity and flexibility, we demonstrably enhance our clients’ ability to execute and evaluate their corporate strategies.

assess, develop, engage

Do you have the right mix of skills and competencies to
achieve your aims and are they being consistently applied. Equally
importantly, do you have a motivated and committed workforce and do you
have the right people working on the right things?

Ray Mead

Founding Partner

Location: Winchester
Ray Mead MBA MOP PMP has been involved in project management for over 12 years. He has a strong background in telecommunications and IT, but has managed multinational projects in multiple industries. Ray has also served as an elected Councillor for the City of Southampton. Ray has since been closely involved in the development and deployment of project, programme and portfolio management methodologies and capabilities, delivering successful PMOs as well as project skills education through training, coaching and mentoring. His areas of specialisation are achieving corporate strategy through a portfolio, programme and project-centred approach and the importance of people in projects. Ray has worked extensively in China, Australia, the Middle East and Europe and his informal but authoritative style of ‘inclusive facilitation’ transcends both national and corporate cultures.

Charles Sell

Partner & COO

Location: Winchester
Charles is Partner and Chief Operating Officer, responsible for the strategic growth, governance and associate network of p3m global.
An expert in building high-growth organisations and operational rigor, prior to joining p3m global Charles was responsible for growing multi-million pound offices and teams across mainland Europe and India as Global Operations & Sales Director for Arrows Group Global.
Charles is a specialist in the field of digital talent consulting and enterprise workforce solutions. He uses his commercial and Programme Management experience to work in partnership with clients and associates for them to achieve their corporate goals.
An empathic and passionate leader, Charles leads by example and believes passionately in the power of positive culture, shared values and inspiring those around you. Charles is a regular speaker and thought leader within International operations.

Key Skills

Organisational leadership & governance

Commercial business management

Business transformation

Associate attraction & deployment

Systems implementation

P&L management and control

Client engagement

Programme & Project Management

Certifications

Managing Successful Programmes (MSP)

PRINCE 2 Practitioner

NLP Practitioner

BSc Econ – Accounting & Economics – Cardiff University

Projects & Clients

Simon Green

Partner & CCO

Location: Winchester
Simon is Partner and CCO of p3m global. With a 25 year track record of building organisations that take the leadership position in their market, Simon combines a mentoring style of leadership and a collaborative approach to achieve high performing results.
Simon is an expert in the field of project, programme and portfolio management. With particular interests in helping organisations ensure they have the right capability, capacity and structured approaches to translate their strategies into reality through successful change and value realisation.
He is a popular executive leadership coach, currently coaching senior leaders across numerous HM government departments, helping them meet the leadership challenges presented by an unprecedented period of change for the nation and the machinery of Government.
An articulate presenter with outstanding interpersonal skills and experience in influencing and working with executive boards, senior executive teams, line managers and multiple layers of stakeholders.

Stewart Ball

Commercial Manager

Location: Winchester
As Commercial Manger Stewart is responsible for the Sales Team and manages the Bid and RFP process. Stewart is also a Sector Manager for the p3m global Telecoms and Pharmaceutical clients.
Stewart has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and has managed multinational projects for numerous fixed and mobile network operators.

Mike Austin

Certifications

Projects & Clients

Issam Houdane

CEO, MENA

Location: Saudi Arabia
As the CEO of p3m global MENA, Issam is responsible for Business Strategy Development, Alliance Development, Product Portfolio Management and New Business Development for the MENA office.
Issam has over 14 years of experience in various global Programme Management Consultant positions, in 2010 Issam joined PM Partners as the Managing Director for MENA.
Issam and his team are based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

P3M Competency & Capability in Technology

THE CLIENT

Siemens is a globally operating technology Company with core activities in the fields of energy, healthcare, industry, and infrastructure. On a continuing basis, they have over 300,000 employees and business activities in nearly all countries of the world and reported consolidated revenue of €75.882 billion in fiscal 2013.

WHY P3M GLOBAL?

Siemens have taken advantage of our consultants’ breadth and depth of p3m knowledge to spearhead the development of their project and programme management competency and capability. By engaging our specialists in MSP, Siemens were able to transform the approach to programme management in the organisation and raise their level of organisational maturity.

P3M GLOBAL SOLUTIONS

Accredited P3M Training for Pharmaceuticals

THE CLIENT

Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company based in Denmark with 90 years of innovation and leadership in diabetes care. The company also has leading positions within haemophilia care, growth hormone therapy and hormone replacement therapy.

WHY P3M GLOBAL?

Novo Nordisk turned to p3m global for training that was tailored to their particular needs and delivered by experienced practitioners. The success of our courses has been down to our trainers’ ability to enliven material with interactive exercises & case studies in order to bring the theory into the real world.

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P3M Capability Assessment and Development Programme

THE CLIENT

Vodafone Group plc is a world leading mobile telecommunications company measured by both subscribers and revenues, with over 400 million subscribers. The British founded business headquartered in London owns and operates networks in 21 countries and has partner networks in over 40 additional countries. Its Vodafone Global Enterprise division provides telecommunications and IT services to corporate clients in over 65 countries.

WHY P3M GLOBAL?

When Vodafone chose to engage p3m global for a key Learning & Development Programme, they were keen to stress that there were two main benefits which differentiated our work from the competition. Firstly, we provided the best range of end-to-end services through people, process and technology. Secondly, we represented a set of values- integrity, transparency and proactivity- which would make us easy to work with and readily adaptable to their environment.

P3M GLOBAL SOLUTIONS

Virtualisation & Data Centre Consolidation

THE CLIENT

Investec Bank is an international specialist banking group that provides a diverse range of financial products and services to a niche client base across three principal markets – the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia. Investec manages assets of over £50 billion with an operating profit before tax in 2008 of over £500 million.

WHY P3M GLOBAL?

The Bank engaged p3m global in partnership with Union Solutions to assist with the analysis and provide recommendations on how best to resolve the infrastructure challenges, and to manage the delivery of the virtualization and data center consolidation.
p3m global managed the programme from definition through to delivery and BAU hand over by providing overall project management including:

Customised P3M Training Package

THE CLIENT

Kaspersky Labs, one of the world’s leading IT security vendors, operates in over 100 countries worldwide, generating a global revenue in 2010 totaling over US $500 million (a growth of 38%). To help enable this unprecedented growth, Kaspersky Labs engaged p3m global to develop a customised P3M training programme based on global best practice.

WHY P3M GLOBAL?

p3m global is a leader in delivering bespoke training solutions in project, programme and portfolio management. Our bespoke Project Management School for Kaspersky Labs is closely aligned with the company’s strategy. With modules that included PM fundamentals, Resource Management and Budget Management, p3m global was instrumental in ensuring that Kaspersky Labs’ processes were brought in line with best practice standards from the PMI (Project Management Institute).

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Tailored Training & Seminars for Adult Education Services

THE CLIENT

UFI UK (now operating under the brand of Learn Direct), is a UK government organisation that provides basic skills to individuals nationwide.

WHY P3M GLOBAL?

p3m global conducted a series of project management education workshops based around PRINCE2 for over 40 participants in this organisation.
We developed a multi-level training programme, from half-day awareness sessions for top executives through to 3-day Practitioner level sessions that featured UFI’s own processes and tools as well as PRINCE2 best-practice.
The project involved close co-operation with the UFI Programme Office as well as the learning & development department together with representatives of the key business units involved.

P3M GLOBAL SOLUTIONS

OPM3 Assessment & P3M Framework Development

THE CLIENT

Advanced Electronics Company (AEC) is a private sector company serving local, national, regional and international clients within the defense, telecom and manufacturing industries. With project management practices based on military standards that evolved over time, AEC engaged p3m global to update its P3M functions in order to align them with the latest global best practice standards.

WHY P3M GLOBAL?

p3m global carried out an OPM3 assessment which provided AEC with a benchmark against improvements could be measured. p3m global led a comprehensive, structured assessment of methodology and personnel that charted areas for improvement within the P3M practices.
Nearly two years in to the engagement with p3m global, AEC have, with our direction, met their goals to implement a new P3M framework against which progress can be monitored by the Senior Executive Management Board.

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The Evolution Of A P3m Partnership

THE CLIENT

Orange Business Services (OBS) is part of the France Telecom Group, featuring a range of managed services including WAN and LAN security, security, mobility, voice, video and consulting services. In 2006, they engaged p3m global for PMP training preparation, but would soon develop a wider range of solutions.

WHY P3M GLOBAL?

The working relationship between p3m global and OBS started in 2006 with a need for project management training – specifically, Project Management Professional (PMP). Thanks in part to our thorough, holistic approach to training, OBS extended the engagement, retaining p3m global to develop and implement a best practice Project Management Methodology, Synergy, based on the PMI PMBoK.
Further, p3m global recently completed a thorough refresh of the Synergy standard to bring it right up to date by aligning it with the 5th Edition of the PMBoK.
Further engagements have included Project Audits (Globally) and PM Competency Assessments.
Today, OBS cites p3m global’s work as crucial in understanding the value of project & programme management, as well as more efficient resource allocation, informed decision making and buy-in for the P3M function from staff to executive level.

P3M GLOBAL SOLUTIONS

Extended Workforce

THE CLIENT

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. is an international pharmaceutical company headquartered in Israel. It specializes in generic and proprietary pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients.

WHY P3M GLOBAL?

p3m global was engaged by Teva based on our ability to quickly and efficiently deliver the right resource for the required roles.
We continue to work with Teva and a number of further engagements are currently under discussion.

P3M GLOBAL SOLUTIONS

PMO Configuration & Support

THE CLIENT

Cisco Systems, Inc. is a multinational corporation head-quartered in San Jose, California. Cisco designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. As of 2010, Cisco employed more than 70,000 people, delivering annual revenues of US$40 Billion.

WHY P3M GLOBAL?

Cisco Systems Advanced Services division needed a robust and consistent approach to a number of mission-critical, high profile customer projects for clients in Singapore and also for the Australian Government. In collaboration with PM-Partners, p3m global delivered:

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Capability Assessment, Certification & Bespoke Training

THE CLIENT

WorldPay is a global leader in payment processing, operating in over 148 countries and processing over 200 payment types in more than 120 transaction currencies. In 2012, Worldpay engaged p3m global at a time of significant change, seeking to maximise the potential of their project management personnel via Capability Assessment and subsequent targeted training.

WHY P3M GLOBAL?

p3m global has a deep, first-hand appreciation for adopting Agile practices and incorporating those practices into a comprehensive delivery framework that is based on a traditional waterfall delivery method. This appreciation enabled p3m global to create and deliver a pair of bespoke Agile training courses designed to meet the needs of both the Development and BAU sides of the business.
Additionally, the findings of a P3M Pulse Capability Assessments, including 360 degree online and face-to-face assessments resulted in the targeted delivery of both PMP Certification Training and Project Management Fundamentals courses.
p3m global was instrumental in enabling WorldPay to realise the benefits of a massive £250 million transformation programme through unparalleled training & service delivery in an increasingly Agile environment.

P3M GLOBAL SOLUTIONS

Programme Delivery For Fortune 500 Consumer Leader

THE CLIENT

Procter & Gamble is a worldwide provider of consumer products in segments from beauty and grooming, health and wellbeing to household care, snacks and pet food. P&G is recognised as an innovation leader in its industry based on a commitment to investing on average, twice as much as its competitors in new innovations, brands and products.

P3M GLOBAL SOLUTIONS

Prince2 Certification Training For NHS Staff

THE CLIENT

Since its launch in 1948, the National Health Service (NHS) has grown to become the world’s largest publicly funded health service. Employing nearly 2m people, the NHS remains free at the point of use for anyone who is resident in the UK, covering more than 60m people.

WHY P3M GLOBAL?

p3m global has been repeatedly engaged by the National Health Service to raise the project management capabilities of staff. We have delivered multiple PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner courses, introducing the processes, components and techniques of the globally recognised methodology.

WHY P3M GLOBAL?

Due to our extensive experience and contact base within the telecoms sector, p3m global was ideally placed to fulfil the urgent requirements for experienced personnel to work on high profile and technically challenging infrastructure projects.

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Reliable Energy Project Delivery

THE CLIENT

BP is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas “super majors”.

WHY P3M GLOBAL?

BP turned to p3m global for assistance in resolving a number of critical issues including: duplicate projects in different parts of the organization, no clear control points to ensure project decisions were made in controlled manner, project delivery time and budget were unpredictable. Additionally, project managers lacked formal training aligned with best practices. As part of the solution, p3m global defined the role of the BP PMO, standardised the project life cycle and trained/certified project managers. This resulted in direct savings of $12 million with increased project delivery predictability.

WHY P3M GLOBAL?

During a period of unprecedented growth & acquisitions, HP engaged p3m global (through our Australian partner PM-Partners) to resolve a number of issues including projects running over time and budget, resource management conflict and poor customer satisfaction. p3m global provided specialist project delivery capability that aligned with the needs of each programme and project, as well as a transformation programme & supporting PMO. This approach resulted in greatly improved resource management with the right people on each project, leading to on time delivery, improved customer satisfaction and stronger PPM practice credibility.

P3M GLOBAL SOLUTIONS

P3m Training Programmes & Methodology Development

THE CLIENT

Dimension Data is an ICT services and solutions provider that uses its technology expertise, global service delivery capability, and entrepreneurial spirit to accelerate the business ambitions of its clients. Dimension Data contracted p3m global for assistance in training, competency assessment and methodology development.

WHY P3M GLOBAL?

p3m global was engaged by Dimension Data to define and lead a programme of improvements across the P3M practice. This engagement drew on a number of p3m global’s core areas of expertise including assessment, training and methodology development.
The programme commenced with a P3M Pulse Competency Assessment which included both 360 degree online and face-to-face elements. The results of the assessment facilitated informed recommendations in the form of a detailed training plan for each individual, plus supplemental learning modules that could be tailored for each individual’s learning pace. Certification training requirements including on-site PMP (Project Management Professional), PRINCE2 and ITIL which p3m global specialist trainers were able to successfully deliver. In parallel with the assessment process, p3m global consultants, in collaboration with Dimension Data management and senior P3M Practitioners defined and subsequently delivered a bespoke project management methodology “Primer” which was rolled out across the business. To ensure smooth and effective adoption of Primer, p3m global tailored its PMF (Project Management Fundamentals) course to specifically reference and reinforce the practices defined in the Primer methodology. This tailored training was delivered by p3m global trainers in multiple countries including the UK, Australia, Italy, Germany and Holland.

P3M GLOBAL SOLUTIONS

Holistic Process Mapping and More for Energy Providers

THE CLIENT

Gazprom Marketing & Trading is a subsidiary of the Gazprom group of companies, the world’s largest gas producer and one of the world’s largest energy companies. GM&T specialises in Trading, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Clean Energy, Retail and Shipping. GM&T engaged with p3m global in 2013 to run a process mapping exercise across the IT PMO.

WHY P3M GLOBAL?

It was the holisticity of services around the project, programme and portfolio management sphere that attracted GM&T to p3m global. Engaged by the IT PMO, the capability development team delivered a process mapping in an Agile style delivery whilst facilitating a number of project management methodology development initiatives.

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Bespoke Vendor Management Training

THE CLIENT

Kingfisher is Europe’s largest home improvement retailer with over 1,130 stores in nine countries. We employ 79,000 people and nearly six million customers shop in our stores every week.

WHY P3M GLOBAL?

Where possible we base our training delivery on a customer-related case study to ensure relevance and ease the transference of skills to the workplace. In the case of Kingfisher IT Services, the client was looking for a vendor management training course to satisfy the specific demands of the organisation’s vendor relationships. Rather than tailor an existing course to Kingfisher’s needs, p3m global saw the opportunity to design and develop a bespoke course that would really transform the client’s competency in the area and promote the growth of expertise within the organisation.

P3M GLOBAL SOLUTIONS

P3M Capabilities through Training for Mobile Communications for Device Manufacturer

THE CLIENT

Vertu hand makes high-end mobile phones in England with a reputation for delivering top quality design, performance and service.

WHY P3M GLOBAL?

Vertu were looking to improve their project management capabilities and engaged p3m global to deliver PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner courses for a number of key personnel. The course furthered internal understanding of the processes, components and techniques key to successful project delivery based on the PRINCE2 methodology.
Additionally, Vertu had a requirement for a short term headcount increase to ensure the delivery of a key project, a requirement which p3m global addressed via its extended workforce model.

P3M GLOBAL SOLUTIONS

P3M Competence for Mobile Device Production

THE CLIENT

Nokia is a household name as a manufacturer of mobile devices. The Finnish communications and information technology multinational corporation also supply Internet services, including applications, games, music, media and messaging services, including free-of-charge digital map information and navigation services delivered through its wholly owned subsidiary.

WHY P3M GLOBAL?

Built on a relationship of trust and respect, the p3m competence department has been able to offer a wide range of programme management consultancy support to Nokia’s networks, mobile phone and business services over the years. With the help of our consultants, Nokia have been able to target key areas of competence that had an immediate impact on the capabilities of the organisation.

P3M GLOBAL SOLUTIONS

P3O Training for Higher Education

THE CLIENT

The Open University is a distance learning and research university founded by Royal Charter in the United Kingdom. The university is funded by a combination of student fees, contract income, and allocations for teaching and research by the higher education funding bodies throughout the UK.

WHY P3M GLOBAL?

The right Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (P3O) model will provide a focal point for defining a balanced portfolio of change and ensuring a consistent delivery of programmes and projects across the organisation. The principle benefits of implementing a P3O revolve around the increased visibility and control over the contents, conduct and performance of an organisation’s portfolio. p3m global ran P3O Foundation and Practitioner training courses for the OU to help ingrain this knowledge.